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Mary "Moll" Davis (c. 1648 – 1708), also spelt Davies or Davys, was a courtesan and mistress of King Charles II of England. She was an actress and entertainer before and during her role as royal mistress.
- 1708, London, England
Moll is believed to have died at her home in Dean Street – then, as now, a fashionable and affluent area of London’s west end for theatre, shopping, dining, and nightlife. She was buried at St Anne’s church in Soho on 24th February 1708.
Mary was born on 16 October 1673, to Moll Davis and Charles II, and was the last of the king’s children. She grew up surrounded by the high society of the Restoration - nobles, thespians, dramatists, artists, and poets - and, following in her mother’s footsteps, she began acting at a young age.
27 de nov. de 2022 · There was competition between Nell and her friend Moll Davis, and it was Davis who managed to win the King’s affections first, receiving gifts and being called to his bed chamber often. To win the upper hand, it is said that Nell played an awful trick on Davis, putting laxatives in her supper before she went to see the King for the ...
Mary ‘Moll’ Davis. Though Nell comes to mind when we think about Charles’ actress mistress, Moll was on the scene long before her, and was already causing a stir at court by being a commoner who was parading round in jewels and finery. But an embarrassing prank at the hands of her rival nearly cost her her place at court…
Moll Davis died in her birthplace of London in 1708 after a life filled with adventure, her daughter Lady Mary Tudor continued her mother’s legacy as she became a famous actress in her own right. Moll may be one of Charles II’s’s lesser-known mistresses, but her story is no less interesting, and she left her mark at Charles” court and ...
Lady Mary Tudor (16 October 1673 – 5 November 1726), by marriage Countess of Derwentwater, was an actress and biological daughter of King Charles II of England by his mistress, Mary "Moll" Davies, an actress and singer.
